“I’m a believer,” Patty Kraft said. “I was like, ‘OK, Lord, you are the king of kings. I’m just going to put this in your hands.’ ”

Sarah was kept in intensive care, and her name was added to the waiting list for transplant patients. The doctors told Sarah’s parents that her body had punched out new routes for blood to travel through because her liver and spleen wouldn’t cooperate.

The liver transplant that April took nine hours.

Within days of the surgery, baby Sarah could sit up and roll over.

The first year after the transplant held a lot of challenges, Patty Kraft said.

Sarah also spent much of this past spring in the hospital after another health scare.

Kirk Kraft works at Boeing. Patty Kraft works in the kitchen and lunchroom at Grace Academy in Marysville, which Sarah attends.

It’s been a struggle to keep things normal for the family, with their schedule disrupted by hospital stays and doctor visits, Patty Kraft said.

They focus on family time and attend The Grove Church in Marysville. They make pancakes from scratch every Saturday.

Patty Kraft is looking forward to when Sarah’s more recent surgery wound heals and the kids can take swimming classes together.

On a warm, sunny afternoon last week, Sarah and her sister, Katarina, 8, lounged in a patio chair in their north Marysville back yard.

They playfully swatted each other with pool noodles and twirled umbrellas on the porch.

When Sarah took a tumble and started to cry, Arianna, 12, crossed her eyes at her little sister to make her laugh again.

They threw apples from the backyard tree for their 71-pound German Shepherd mix, Blitz, to catch.

As Sarah grows up, she won’t be able to play contact sports, and traveling abroad could be difficult, her parents said. Children with transplants are more vulnerable to lymphoma.

Otherwise, Sarah doesn’t live with many medical restrictions.

The four kids all have a dramatic, expressive side, Kirk Kraft said. He likes to joke that he’ll soon have a full-fledged theater troupe at home.

Caleb, 10, is the comic-philosopher-scientist. Arianna is the sensitive artist. Katarina is athletic and kind.

When Sarah is sick, her siblings stay with their grandparents or friends. Their grandparents take them bowling and treat them to “breakfast for dinner.”

Sarah’s parents aren’t sure how much she understands about her disease. She will learn more as she ages.

For now, she remains the daredevil child, the silliest sibling, Kirk Kraft said. She is going through a meowing phase.

While her parents talked, Sarah hummed “Let It Go” from the animated movie “Frozen,” which she’s seen more than 50 times.